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Quarles' Emblems

Book Illustration
1860 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Rogers, William, Harry (designers)
Place of origin
London (published)

Border with a five-sided figure containing an orb on its side on which a butterfly is perched. At the centre bottom of the border is a large key entwined by an inscribed scrll.

Proof of border framing book illustration E.870-1998 for opposite 26 p. of 'Emblem VI.' of 'Book The First. The Invocation' for the 1861 edition of 'Quarles' Emblems'. W.Harry Rogers drew on wood for this engraving to be made by a wood-engraver.

'Emblem VI.' 'All is vanity and vexation of spirirt.' ECCLES. II. 17.

Object details

Categories
Designs
Illustration
Object type
Book illustration
TitleQuarles' Emblems (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Wood engraving on laid paper
Laid Paper
Wood-Engraving (Process)
Brief description
Proof book illustration for 'Quarles' Emblems', 1861, wood-engraving by W. Harry Rogers.
Physical description
Border with a five-sided figure containing an orb on its side on which a butterfly is perched. At the centre bottom of the border is a large key entwined by an inscribed scrll.

Proof of border framing book illustration E.870-1998 for opposite 26 p. of 'Emblem VI.' of 'Book The First. The Invocation' for the 1861 edition of 'Quarles' Emblems'. W.Harry Rogers drew on wood for this engraving to be made by a wood-engraver.

'Emblem VI.' 'All is vanity and vexation of spirirt.' ECCLES. II. 17.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.3cm
  • Width: 12.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'IN OVIES CRUCE TUTA' (Textual information; Latin; Bottom of border.; wood-engraving; ink)
    Translation
    ovies = eggs cruce= cross tuta= defense?
  • WHR (Signature; In tiny scroll hanging from bottom left of border.; wood-engraving; ink)
  • Book 1 - 6 (Unknown; Top centre of sheet of paper.; handwriting; pencil)
  • WHR (Signature; wood-engraving; ink)
Credit line
Purchased with the Assistance of the Friends of the National Libraries
Object history
Historical significance: These book illustrations are part of the W.Harry Rogers Archive and to quote the information on the archive provided by 'RW' on 6 February 1998 on the registered file 1997/1476:-
'It is extraordinarily rare to have this kind of documentation at this level of production for the middle decades of the 19th century. The fact the (sic) the state of the designs ranges from rough sketches to finished drawings and proofs allows the pieces to document the design process very closely.'
Production
The date '1860' on the proof for the book illustration E.867-1998 and '1859' on the border E.890-1998 suggests that the proofs were drawn on the wood-engraving block in 1859 and 1860 for the 1861 edition of 'Quarles' Emblems'.
Bibliographic references
  • Engen, Rodney K. 'Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers'. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1985. 223 p. ISBN 0859641392
  • Houfe, Simon 'The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists'. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Baron Publishing, Antique Collectors' Club, revised 1981 437 p. ISBN 0902028731
  • Ball, Douglas 'Victorian Publishers' Bindings.' London: The Library Association, 1985. 90 p. and 155 p.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.871-1998

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Record createdNovember 25, 1999
Record URL
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